Washington Statement Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are
Answers to Questions about “Atlanta Exposition”
1) Washington said; “Ignorant and inexperienced, it is not strange that in the first years of our new life we began at the top instead of at the bottom; that a seat in Congress or the state legislature was more sought than real estate or industrial skill; that the political convention or stump speaking had more attractions than starting a dairy farm or truck garden”. Washington meant that the African Americans being inexperienced and ignorant were exhibiting the general human nature by trying to jump the hurdles in securing their seat at the society top class. He was of the opinion that it was not yet time for the African Americans to contest for political positions in the American society, that they should first try to gain the respect of the white by acquiring skills and education, and also becoming financially buoyant in the society.
2) Washington statement “Cast down your bucket where you are”. Meant that the …show more content…
He made those comparison to point out the similarity between the two groups and to single out how one group (the Immigrants) has failed southern Whites by embarking on strikes and how the other group (African Americans) have always stood by them come rain, come sun.
6) To emphasize the African Americans royalty, Washington pointed out how they have served the White Americans in the past “in nursing their children, watching by the sickbed of their mothers and fathers, and often following them with tear-dimmed eyes to their graves”. This evidence giving by Washington portrayed a false master/slave relationship, in the sense that it implied that the slaves (African Americans) were royal to the Whites because of their love towards them. We all know that the Slaves were more or less afraid of been tortured and killed by the Whites if they disobey
1) Washington said; “Ignorant and inexperienced, it is not strange that in the first years of our new life we began at the top instead of at the bottom; that a seat in Congress or the state legislature was more sought than real estate or industrial skill; that the political convention or stump speaking had more attractions than starting a dairy farm or truck garden”. Washington meant that the African Americans being inexperienced and ignorant were exhibiting the general human nature by trying to jump the hurdles in securing their seat at the society top class. He was of the opinion that it was not yet time for the African Americans to contest for political positions in the American society, that they should first try to gain the respect of the white by acquiring skills and education, and also becoming financially buoyant in the society.
2) Washington statement “Cast down your bucket where you are”. Meant that the …show more content…
He made those comparison to point out the similarity between the two groups and to single out how one group (the Immigrants) has failed southern Whites by embarking on strikes and how the other group (African Americans) have always stood by them come rain, come sun.
6) To emphasize the African Americans royalty, Washington pointed out how they have served the White Americans in the past “in nursing their children, watching by the sickbed of their mothers and fathers, and often following them with tear-dimmed eyes to their graves”. This evidence giving by Washington portrayed a false master/slave relationship, in the sense that it implied that the slaves (African Americans) were royal to the Whites because of their love towards them. We all know that the Slaves were more or less afraid of been tortured and killed by the Whites if they disobey